Fanbyte Spotlight - Cadence of Hyrule, Overwatch Workshop Codes

Hello again, everyone! The folks at our sister site, Fanbyte, have finally calmed down and cooled off after E3 2019. That obviously didn’t stop them from posting a great, big avalanche of great content to check out this week. There are features, reviews, op-eds, guides, and more — all just waiting to take a look at.

So why don’t we do just that with another edition of Fanbyte Friday? Let’s go! So...we meant to post this on Friday but then Blizzard posted an avalanche of last-minute Essence and Mythic+ changes which made things a bit hectic here. Better late than never, right?

Supergiant Games has made some of the most interesting games in the last several years. Now the studio is trying its hand at early access affairs with Hades. The top-down roguelike doesn’t just weave death and rebirth into its gameplay, either. It’s a key part of the narrative. Connor Trinske went ahead and spoke to writer and designer Greg Kasavin about how the company keeps it all together.

Yuri!!! On ICE is an undeniably influential, fun, and charming show. But it’s not the only game in town when it comes to depicting queer romance in anime. Fanbyte freelancer Vrai Kaiser digs into a few lesser-known, well-done examples of the subgenre in this list of recommendations.

You might not know it, but Fanbyte has itself a podcast. It’s called Fanwidth, and purportedly centers on all the best and most interesting things going on in video games. In reality, though, it’s mostly just the three hosts yelling about Digimon and 80s horror movies. This week featured a double-length post-E3 episode, however, where the crew really did talk about a lot of games. Join Managing Editors Steven Strom and merritt k, along with Social Media Specialist Niki Grayson, on this perilous journey through E3 2019.

Overwatch recently added the ability to create — and play — custom modes created by players. Some of them are fun, some of them are interesting, and some of them are just downright weird. And Fanbyte freelancer Sabriel Mastin tried a few of the most popular ones out for herself. Come for level codes; stay for commentary.

The latest Legend of Zelda game is a strange and exciting crossover with indie hit Crypt of the NecroDancer. It’s also very, very good, according to Steven Strom. The Fanbyte review of the rhythm heavy action-adventure game can tell you why you absolutely shouldn’t sleep on this surprise hit of the summer.

Not every game gets the attention Nintendo can bring, of course. E3 2019 was also chock full of indie and “mid-tier” games that got swept under the rug. Thankfully, merritt k was there to zero in on some of the best stuff you might have missed during the show. Have you ever wanted to become a bee, or absorb every hapless scientist in a one-mile radius into your fleshy mass? Well, be sure to check out these seven games that absolutely deserve your attention — for one reason or another.

Speaking of lesser-known games, you might have missed one especially strange announcement during the Bethesda E3 press conference this year. The company is bringing back… Commander Keen. That’s not tremendously strange in and of itself, but the game doesn’t exactly look like the platformer you might expect. Buried beneath that strange change, however, is an even deeper oddity. The lore of Commander Keen looks absolutely bonkers. Really! Let Topher Florence illuminate you.

Anyway, thanks for sticking around for another Fanbyte Friday spotlight! We’ll be sure to have even more choice morsels of content from our sister site in the future. Until then, take care!

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Commento di Abracadavre

on 2019-06-23T21:32:17-05:00

This feels like it doesn't belong :s

I completely agree with you.

Commento di perculia

on 2019-06-23T21:37:57-05:00

This feels like it doesn't belong :s

We have a sister site, Fanbyte Media, which covers a lot of general gaming news and reviews. We'd like to spotlight them because we know people play other games besides WoW (especially in the lull before 8.2, lol). If you don't like the Wowhead-community news, there's a filter option to only show Classic or PTR or whatever, hiding this type of news. But we're not going to stop promoting cool articles written by our coworkers.

Commento di Seleri

on 2019-06-23T22:03:26-05:00

I don't mind articles like this a bit and +1 for anything that gives attention to Utena. Feels like it's an unfortunately overlooked anime these days.

Commento di Mellro

on 2019-06-24T00:10:07-05:00

Those overwatch workshop game modes sound nice. Haven't once tried the feature since it released, but it's interesting to see how creative people can get with the game using what's essentially their very own dev kit. It's like a way of bringing back the weekly brawls of old OW, except it's fueled by sheer player creativity. I like it! Maybe I should check it out.

Commento di Deihjan

on 2019-06-24T03:16:04-05:00

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Commento di Qanesha

on 2019-06-24T06:33:27-05:00

I clicked 1 link (games you might have missed) and that wasnt really interesting...

Commento di Arignir

on 2019-06-24T08:31:21-05:00

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Commento di Eighjan

on 2019-06-24T09:09:25-05:00

Removed/

Commento di nik666

on 2019-06-24T11:28:36-05:00

Sister site, owner, Tencent subsidiary, what's the difference?

Commento di Deihjan

on 2019-06-25T07:34:33-05:00

So we get censored for having an opinion, good job WoWhead. Keep forcing your off-topic sistersites that very few of your wowhead users care about.